The Governing Body is, by its own admission, the “highest ecclesiastical authority for the faith of Jehovah’s Witnesses” worldwide. (See point 7 of the Declaration of Gerrit Losch.[i]) Nevertheless, there is no foundation in Scripture for a governing authority made up...

[this article was contributed by Alex Rover] “By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?” (Job 38:24-25 K.J.2000) How does God distribute light or truth over the earth? What channel does he use? How can we know? Does the...

[This post was contributed by Alex Rover] Some leaders are exceptional human beings, with a powerful presence, one inspiring of confidence. We are naturally drawn to exceptional people: tall, successful, well spoken, good looking. Recently, a visiting Jehovah’s...

When we have doubts about some teaching in our publications, we have been encouraged to remember from whom we have learned all the wonderful truths from the Bible that have come to distinguish us. For example, God’s name and purpose and the truth about death and the...

[We now come to the final article in our four-part series. The previous three were merely the build-up, laying the groundwork for this astonishingly presumptuous interpretation. – MV] This is what the contributing members of this forum believe is the scriptural...

[First appearing on April 28 of this year, I’ve republished (with updates) this post because this is the week we actually study this particular Watchtower article. – MV] It appears that the sole purpose of this, the third study article in the July 15, 2013...

[This post was originally published on April 12, 2013, but given that this weekend we will be studying this first article of a series comprising one of our most controversial issues in some time, it seems appropriate to re-release it now. – Meleti Vivlon] The...

[Click here to view Part 3] “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave…?” (Mt. 24:45) Imagine you are reading this verse for the first time. You come across it without prejudice, without bias, and without an agenda. You are curious, naturally. The slave Jesus...

The November Study Edition of The Watchtower just came out. One of our alert readers drew our attention to page 20, paragraph 17 which reads in part, “When “the Assyrian” attacks…the life-saving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear...

[Click here to view Part 2] In Part 2 of this series, we established that there is no scriptural evidence for the existence of a first century governing body. This begs the question, Is there scriptural evidence for the existence of the current one? This is critical...